Tonight’s Married At First Sight NZ episode sees one groom make a Pinterest board of the next five years of his life, while another couple is dry-retching 300 metres in the air. Grab your buckets, kids; we’re throwing up metaphorically and literally. Picking up where we left off, Sam is telling her new husband that she has a 5-year-old son, and instead of running off to find the closest pub and his mates, James is looking for a celebrant to make their elopement official.
“I’ve always wanted ‘em,” he tells his blushing bride, who reads the room and confesses she wants more. Hey, producers, can we get this man his dream life presentation board? He’s ready to show Sam their future complete with a Mitsubishi Outlander, matching Asics gym shoes and G.J.
Gardner home. It’s so adorable it’s almost sickly and if we’re being honest with each other, not the reason we tune into Mafs NZ. Thankfully, Maddy’s scream has our ears perking up.
“Just casually freaking out,” she tells the confession cam. Is it because you’re on reality TV for the whole of New Zealand’s entertainment? Are the Vanuatu mozzies eating your legs? Is your husband really not your type? “Quite scared of heights.” Ah, so close.
Maddy and Nate are on their first date, and instead of walking around Mission Bay with an ice cream like other people, they are going zip lining. It seems like a great choice. “Holy shit, I’m so nervous,” she tells Nate, who thinks she is actually pretty ch.